How To Install oar-user-pgsql on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install oar-user-pgsql on Debian 9. oar-user-pgsql is OAR batch scheduler PostgreSQL user backend package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oar-user-pgsql on Debian 9.

What is oar-user-pgsql

oar-user-pgsql is:

OAR is a versatile resource and task manager (also called a batch scheduler) for clusters and other computing infrastructures

This empty package installs the PostgreSQL dependences for the user part of the OAR batch scheduler.

There are three methods to install oar-user-pgsql on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install oar-user-pgsql Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install oar-user-pgsql using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install oar-user-pgsql

Install oar-user-pgsql Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install oar-user-pgsql using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install oar-user-pgsql

Install oar-user-pgsql Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install oar-user-pgsql using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install oar-user-pgsql

How To Uninstall oar-user-pgsql on Debian 9

To uninstall only the oar-user-pgsql package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove oar-user-pgsql

Uninstall oar-user-pgsql And Its Dependencies

To uninstall oar-user-pgsql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove oar-user-pgsql

Remove oar-user-pgsql Configurations and Data

To remove oar-user-pgsql configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge oar-user-pgsql

Remove oar-user-pgsql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove oar-user-pgsql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oar-user-pgsql

Dependencies

oar-user-pgsql have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install oar-user-pgsql package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.